Congress leader Rahul Gandhi missed the mega rally by the INDIA bloc in Jharkhand's Ranchi on Sunday, meant to be a major show of strength by the opposition against the BJP, as he "took ill suddenly and is unable to leave New Delhi for the present”, party leader Jairam Ramesh has said.
Congress president Mallikarjun Kharge will be attending the Ranchi rally after addressing a public gathering in Madhya Pradesh’s Satna, Ramesh had said during the weekend.
Rahul Gandhi was supposed to address the rally along with all top leaders of the INDI Alliance in Ranchi on Sunday.
However, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh posted on X in the afternoon saying, “Shri Rahul Gandhi was all set to campaign today in Satna and Ranchi where the INDIA rally is being held. He took ill suddenly and is unable to leave New Delhi for the present. Congress President Shri Mallikarjun Kharge ji is of course attending the Ranchi rally after addressing a public gathering in Satna.”
Rahul’s absence is being considered a dampener for the INDIA bloc as the rally being organised by Jharkhand Mukti Morcha in Ranchi was the third such huge rally after Mumbai and Delhi.
Besides Kharge, RJD supremo Lalu Prasad, Delhi CM Arvind Kejriwal's wife Sunita and former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren's spouse Kalpana were present at the rally.
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